Kindergarten Student Stars in Feature Film

‘This past term break, Jordan Carattini (Kindergarten) joined the MLC School Speech and Drama Studio’s school holiday production of Beauty and the Beast. This was her first experience of acting on stage, and despite being a little nervous, she had a great time. So, when she heard of another acting opportunity, in the feature film Carmen & Bolude, she made an audition video, submitted it, and got the role! 

Carmen & Bolude is a movie by, for, and about mixed women, mixed relationship, Third Culture Kids, migrant, and multicultural identities. It is a buddy comedy in which best friends Carmen and Bolude must travel from New York City to Sydney, Australia, where they have ten days to collect 100 ‘welcomes’ so that Bolude’s traditional Nigerian father will agree to let her marry an Australian.

Jordan’s scenes were filmed in Glebe and Maianbar, and she enjoyed getting to meet the director, the crew, and other actors. In addition to remembering her lines and speaking them clearly, she had to listen to instructions from the director between takes, to make sure the scenes were shot just right. After one very long day of filming, and four “Ok, just one more time!” takes of the same scene, Jordan declared loudly “You said that last time!”. The room full of tired actors and crew erupted in laughter, and she was told “Welcome to the industry” by one of the more seasoned actors.

Filming of Carmen & Bolude is scheduled to complete in November, and hopefully the film will be released sometime next year.’

Reflection by Jordan’s father, Chris Carattini

– Monica Brian
Speech and Drama Studio Director

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